Legal Latin Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
ipso facto	by the fact itself
persona non grata	an unwelcome person
prima facie	at first sight
ab initio	from the beginning
absolvo	i aquit
sine die	without a day
ad hoc	to this
ad litem	to the lawsuit
sui generis	of one's own kind
res adjudicata	a thing having been decided
post mortem	after death
a posteriori	from what comes after
a prior	from what comes before
a mensa et toro	from table and bed
amicus curiae	a friend of the court
a vinculo matrimonii	from the bond of marraige
ante bellum	before the war
bona fide	in good faith
cadit quaestio	the question falls
casus belli	cause of war
caveat emptor	let the buyer beware
sine qua non	without which not
certiorari	to be made more certain
compos mentis	sound of mind
non compos mentis	not sound of mind
contra bonos mores	against good morals
coram iuduce	before the judge
corpus iuris	body of law
cui bono	to whom for a benefit
corrigenda	that which is to be corrected
cum grano salis	with a grain of salt
de facto	according to fact
de iure	according to law
deus ex machina	a god from a machine
Anno Domini	in the year of the Lord
annus mirabilis	a remarkable year
(argumentum) ad hominem	an appeal to feelings rather than intellect
e pluribus unum	one out of many
et al	and others
et ux	and wife
in camera	in the room, chamber
in aeternum	forever
in flagrante delicto	in blazing crime
in extremis	at the point of death
in loco parentis	in the place of a parent
in re	in the matter of
per se	through itself - in and of itself
inter vivos	between the living
in toto	in the whole, entirely
mala fide	in bad faith
modus operandi	method of operating
ne plus ultra	not more beyond
nolo contendere	I do not wish to contend
nunc pro tunc	now for then
obiter dictum	having been said along the way
onus probandi	burden of proving
pendente lite	while the suit is pending - adverb
lis pendens	a pending law suit - noun
per annum	per year
per diem	per day
per capita	per heads
post scriptum	after having been written
post partum	after childbirth
pro bono publico	for the public good
pro forma	for form
quid pro quo	what for what
qui tacet consentit	he who is silent consents
rara avis	rare bird
res ipsa loquitur	the think speaks for itself
(defunctus) sine prole	(dead) without issue (children)
ultra vires	beyond the powers
habeas corpus	you may have the body
casus belli	cause of war
sui juris	of his or her own right
mandamus	we command
per stripes	per branch
in terrorem	to the terror
stare decisis	to stand on what has been decided
ex officio	out of one's office
ex post facto	from after the fact
in propria persona	in one's own person
corpus delicti	body of the crime

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